Forum Home Enhancements - Last x Threads Marquee using External Data Provider

How to install:

First you have to activate External Source Provider.

Go to: Admin Control Panel > vBulletin Options > External Data Provider:
and choose JavaScript ( first choice ).

And i set the follow as below but not sure this has to be done

Thread Cutoff - 1

Thread Cache Lifespan - 1

Maximum External Records -15

Then on forumhome template find :

{vb:raw navbar}

And below add :

<!-- last x active threads -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<thead>
	<tr>
		<td class="tcat" colspan="2"><center>Latest Posts</center> </td>
	</tr>
</thead>
<tr>
		
<!--Messages-->
<td class="alt2">
<marquee direction="left" scrollamount="6" onmouseover="this.scrollAmount=0" onmouseout="this.scrollAmount=6"><font size="2"><b>

				
					  					<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.your domain.co.uk/external.php?&type=js"></script> 
<script language="" type="text/javascript">
<!--
for (x = 0; x < 5; x++)
{
document.writeln("*<a href=http://www.your domain.co.uk/showthread.php?t="+threads[x].threadid+">"+threads[x].title+"</a>&nbsp");
}
//-->
</script>
	
					
			
	

</b></font></marquee>

<!--/Messages-->
</td>
</tr>

</tr>
	</table>
<br />
<!-- last x active threads -->

If you want welcome newest member below this add

<center><marquee behavior=slide width=25%:>			<p>{vb:rawphrase welcome_to_our_newest_member_x, {vb:link member, {vb:raw newuserinfo}}, {vb:raw newuserinfo.username}}<p></marquee></center>

Directly below <!-- last x active threads -->

Remember to change your domain name to your one

I will be adding the code to select different forums today

example can be seen on test forum

http://gadsx.co.uk/cj/forum.php

[Kolbi]

Thank you!

Tagged!

[SİMAR]

Thanks

[fourat]

Nice .. thank you
Can we add last post user name ?

[cabledr]

At the moment im still elarning the code if any one knows the variable to calll it i should be able to add it easy enough

[Dr.osamA]

thxxx man

installed
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BMW 327

[elwachiman]

thnks for this mod

[maximutt]

Do you know if it's possible to change the default usergroup of the External Data Provider? By default, it is set to pull RSS feeds only from forums that are open to the public or unregistered users.

I'd like to be able to change the permissions of the RSS feed to a different usergroup that is available to registered users only.

Thanks so much. This mod looks great!

[cabledr]

Not 100% sure but im sure you could add an <if> condition to say if in a certain group show <!-- last x active threads -->

i will have a look at this for you once i have finished working on my latest project

[abdobasha2004]

this will be handy for the vbulletin cms suite